We are now few weeks in the new year; don’t know where the time has flown. And also, few weeks after my “Ready for the stew.” painting was completed. I managed to do a small still life with an apple and couple of pears and then started another “bigger” still life. I initially did a composition with a bottle of chilli sauce, a small ceramic pitcher and two lemons. After a few days of work and evening painting I realized I didn’t like the composition. Then, I struggled for a while and in the end, I changed some of the setup. Kept the chilli sauce and the pitcher, repositioned one of the lemons and replaced the other lemon with two persimmons. Much happier now, I managed to complete the painting in the end.
I painted it mostly alla prima, but because of the long time, there were a few drying periods in between. Still using a similar palette to previous still lifes and still no medium, just turps. So, here it is: “Still life with a lemon and two persimmons.” Oil on linen. 23 X 30 cm (9” X 12”).
